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Subject[PATCH 3/6] memcg: make throttle_vm_writeout() memcg aware
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If called with a mem_cgroup, then throttle_vm_writeout() should
query the given cgroup for its dirty memory usage limits.

dirty_writeback_pages() is no longer used, so delete it.

Signed-off-by: Greg Thelen <gthelen@google.com>
---
include/linux/writeback.h | 2 +-
mm/page-writeback.c | 31 ++++++++++++++++---------------
mm/vmscan.c | 2 +-
3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h
index 335dba1..1bacdda 100644
--- a/include/linux/writeback.h
+++ b/include/linux/writeback.h
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ void laptop_mode_timer_fn(unsigned long data);
#else
static inline void laptop_sync_completion(void) { }
#endif
-void throttle_vm_writeout(gfp_t gfp_mask);
+void throttle_vm_writeout(gfp_t gfp_mask, struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup);

/* These are exported to sysctl. */
extern int dirty_background_ratio;
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index d717fa9..bf85062 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -131,18 +131,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(laptop_mode);
static struct prop_descriptor vm_completions;
static struct prop_descriptor vm_dirties;

-static unsigned long dirty_writeback_pages(void)
-{
- unsigned long ret;
-
- ret = mem_cgroup_page_stat(NULL, MEMCG_NR_DIRTY_WRITEBACK_PAGES);
- if ((long)ret < 0)
- ret = global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS) +
- global_page_state(NR_WRITEBACK);
-
- return ret;
-}
-
/*
* couple the period to the dirty_ratio:
*
@@ -703,12 +691,25 @@ void balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited_nr(struct address_space *mapping,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited_nr);

-void throttle_vm_writeout(gfp_t gfp_mask)
+/*
+ * Throttle the current task if it is near dirty memory usage limits.
+ * If @mem_cgroup is NULL or the root_cgroup, then use global dirty memory
+ * information; otherwise use the per-memcg dirty limits.
+ */
+void throttle_vm_writeout(gfp_t gfp_mask, struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup)
{
struct dirty_info dirty_info;
+ unsigned long nr_writeback;

for ( ; ; ) {
- global_dirty_info(&dirty_info);
+ if (!mem_cgroup || !memcg_dirty_info(mem_cgroup, &dirty_info)) {
+ global_dirty_info(&dirty_info);
+ nr_writeback = global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS) +
+ global_page_state(NR_WRITEBACK);
+ } else {
+ nr_writeback = mem_cgroup_page_stat(
+ mem_cgroup, MEMCG_NR_DIRTY_WRITEBACK_PAGES);
+ }

/*
* Boost the allowable dirty threshold a bit for page
@@ -717,7 +718,7 @@ void throttle_vm_writeout(gfp_t gfp_mask)
dirty_info.dirty_thresh +=
dirty_info.dirty_thresh / 10; /* wheeee... */

- if (dirty_writeback_pages() <= dirty_info.dirty_thresh)
+ if (nr_writeback <= dirty_info.dirty_thresh)
break;
congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/10);

diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 6d84858..8cc90d5 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -1844,7 +1844,7 @@ static void shrink_zone(int priority, struct zone *zone,
if (inactive_anon_is_low(zone, sc))
shrink_active_list(SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX, zone, sc, priority, 0);

- throttle_vm_writeout(sc->gfp_mask);
+ throttle_vm_writeout(sc->gfp_mask, sc->mem_cgroup);
}

/*
--
1.7.3.1


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